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[quote=Anonymous]Oh, please.  Stop with the "I'm Sarah and they spell is Sara and I'm fine!" nonsense.  You don't have the experience of kids who dread the first day of school because the teachers say "Jada...Jadar...Jadaray...HAHAHAHA I DON'T EVEN KNOW!"  If the teacher can't make the effort to figure this out by March, that's pathetic.

My nephews go to school in a deep south state where a few years ago, a gigantic Hindu temple was built smack dab in the middle of their white-bread, heavily Christian suburban neighborhood, on the same street as the middle and high schools  Tons of families have moved into the community surrounding the temple and the schools' demographics changed drastically.  Their classes went from being full of nothing but "Austins" and "Tylers" to Gaganasindhu and Aadilakshmi, etc.

You know what the school did?  They didn't throw up their hands and say "oh, well, I can't spell your name, so sorry."  The teachers made the effort and learned.  At the end of year awards ceremony, kids from that community spend time with the administrators who are reading the names and help them spell them out phonetically so they can pronounce them correctly when their parents are there to celebrate their kid's success.

It can be done.  Instead of being dismissive, try harder.

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